10 days ago the distribution of food from the Ministry of Human Capital began through CONIN in all the country. However, the foundation led by Abel Albino denounced that the milk that should reach needy children was being sold on social networks.
When asked about this situation during a press conference in San Martín, the governor Alfredo Cornejo He was exhaustive: “There is a very strong social and cultural deterioration, this is not new.”
“There are people who market things that are prohibited from being marketed. It is part of the macro problems we have. The black economy allows this type of thing. Used wheels are sold because the price is higher in the formal market than the informal market and encourages the theft of wheels,” added the provincial leader.
The Mendoza authorities of CONIN They denounced the illegal sale of milk in Tax Office 6 of Las Heras and the cover of the complaint is for “investigation of fraud to the detriment of the public administration.”
“In the case of the milk It is outrageous, we hope it is sanctioned. No one can prevent the people who receive the milkmarket it,” he said. Alfredo Cornejo.
He also clarified the role that the provincial government has in the distribution. “The Nation wanted to do it through CONIN and paradoxically CONIN He asked us for help. The food is stored in the Social Development warehouses. We are collaborating,” she closed.
Poverty in Mendoza
According to the latest data from INDEC, an Argentine family needs $851,351 to not be poor. In this sense, the Argentine Social Debt Observatory of the Argentine Catholic University estimated in a report that one in ten children is forced to work.
In Mendoza, a family needs $758,529.81 to avoid being poor and $309,604 to avoid falling into destitution. According to the director of Community Development of the province, Ernesto Mancinelli, around 200,000 people attend, that is, 10% of the population of Mendoza.
In recent days more than three thousand people lined up at the Los Horneritos Comedor in Las Heras for a plate of food. The call was really massive, approximately five blocks long. Even the collaborators went without food to try to help everyone.
